Behind the Fiction of Washington Black: Barbados's Slave Code

As the balloon increases in Washington Black, there is law. In 1661, Barbados codified chattel slavery and became Britain's first slave society. The Barbados Slave Code created a legal plan that shaped the Atlantic world, normalising penalty, protecting planter home, and defining racial status in statute. Our 56-second trailer sets fiction versus realities, demonstrating how sugar financed an empire while the law enforced its chains. This function sets the short video with clear, readable context and links to sources you can check out even more. If you want the story behind the story, this is the place to start: concise, grounded, and human.



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